Puzzle



(ModeL) S. P. CHANDLER.

PUZZLE.

No. 393,816. Patented Dec. 4, 1888.

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PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,816, dated December4. 1888.

Application filed March 9, 1838. Serial No. 256,686, (Models rnng'etl onopposite sitles of the notehetl liars t at right angles to anditttellnt'iiittg with the titst series of liloeks.

Figure l is it perspeetire viewof the puzzle put together; ntul Fig. 2is :1 view of the parts separated, the not'ehetl liars hein; leftstnntling \ertienlLr and the three series of ltloeks being pnrtly lilitioll' in horizontal rows mul numbered in the ttl'lit'l' in whieh they nreto be built up.

In the drawings. A A represent the two notched lmrs which form thelongitudinal tie to the hloek s. 'lhese liars are square in crossseetionand arranged diagonally, and have notehes u u r! u em in their anglesadjacent to eaeh other, whieh notehesnreof triangular sides tttttlpenetrate to the tniiltlleordiagonal line of the lint-s. 'l'hese bars AA also have each one uoteh, I), in their angles eut at right angles tothe notehes rr.

ll B Ii ll represent the series of blot-ks that go hetn'een the twobars. Of these hloeks those numbered 1. It, mnl 5 are nnitle alike, withtwo notehes 1'. cut in their angles, while the fourth hloek, T. whieh isthe last one put in when the puzzle is put t()g(:ilt9t,l$1Jt3l'ft30tlXplain and square, with a slight taper to give a wetlging' or tighteningnetion, \\iti 'it hohls the parts lit'ttll together.

represent one seriesol' hloeks 1 hot go upon the sides of the hats t\.illlli I) i) It the other. ()i the series all the llloeks have eat-hthreenoteheszllternntingnt right angles.

two at the etnls ntnl one in the nlithlle ol the same. (If the seriesI). hloek t has at single noteh, anti '2 nlnl H have eneh thre :is inseries t.

To build up the puzzle, the lntt's A :tt'e hehl upright. with theirnon-hes n tut-in ezteh other. lllueli 1 of series I is then plzu'etlhetween them at the hottoin. llloehs :ttltl ol series and l) are thenltlztt'tti on t at right angles. llloel; it of series ii is next plan-ml:tl right angles upon 1. and hetween hnrs llh'iekstnnillot' seriestntnillnre t hen plm-etl on 3.,tlllti after this 7 is mljnsteil HlNH't -t. I1:tlnne 5, and tinnll T is \\'tt|f "tti llltl\\'i. l' in between thehnrsA A at the top..-unl the puzzle is set up nntl tight! hehttogetheizso that it may he handled without t'nlling to pieees. as shownin Fig. l.

Havingthnsileseriheil my invention. wlmt l elaim its new is The puzzleherein tleserihetl, eonsisting ot' the two liars A. having notehes 1r:uul It. the series of noteheil hioeks ll, illltti iN'iWttll the harsA;\,ttllli the two seriesot' tlttit'lttli liloelts I), tittetl upon theoutsiileot' lmrs upon oppositesitles aunt :11 right :lnu'le to liloelt's1L the whole being ittlet'lm'lu-tl snhslnntinll :t shown andtleseriheil.

SAML. l. (HANDLER \Vit'uesses:

F. HINDS,

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